March 14, 2018, 4:27 pm
ATLANTA — Light Iron, a Panavision company based in Hollywood, has opened a new facility in Atlanta that will support Georgia’s production community. The expansion is the fourth since Panavision acquired Light Iron in 2015, bringing Light Iron’s US locations to six, with offices also in Los Angeles, New York, New Orleans, Albuquerque and Chicago.

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March 20, 2019, 10:54 am
LONDON — Foundry has announced that it will be acquired by Roper Technologies, Inc., a diversified technology company and a constituent of the S&P 500, Fortune 1000, and the Russell 1000 indices. The transaction is expected to close in April 2019, subject to regulatory approval and customary closing conditions.

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March 19, 2019, 12:27 pm
LAS VEGAS — At the NAB Show in Las Vegas next month, Frame.io (https://frame.io) will show dramatic improvements to its video review and collaboration platform. The company is rolling out 10 new features designed to improve how media professionals collaborate on video, from initial upload, all the way through to final delivery.

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March 18, 2019, 12:00 pm
LONDON — Color and finishing company Cheat (www.cheatit.co) has hired two new colorists: Jack McGinity and Tim Smith, who come from Time Based Arts and Electric Theatre Collective respectively. The hirings double the size of the studio’s colorist team and follow the recent opening of two new suites.

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March 15, 2019, 6:17 am
TORONTO — SideFX (http://sidefx.com) has released Procedural Dependency Graph (PDG) technology, which will be available in the upcoming release of Houdini 17.5 as a new Houdini operating context called TOPs (Task Operators) and as a standalone application called PilotPDG.

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March 8, 2019, 7:21 am
GLENDALE, CA — DreamWorks Animation (dreamworksanimation.com) has announced two new leadership roles in addition to a realigned executive structure under recently appointed president Margie Cohn. Kristin Lowe has been named chief creative officer, features, and Peter Gal has been appointed chief creative officer, television — newly-created roles. The appointments will strategically place all aspects of creative under one leader in each division to streamline management of upcoming slates.

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March 7, 2019, 7:39 am
NEW YORK CITY — Creative VFX boutique Artjail (www.artjail.com) has added Ross Denner as head of 3D, working out of its Chinatown studio. Denner is an award-winning VFX supervisor with over a decade of experience in visual effects.

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March 6, 2019, 1:24 pm
NEW YORK CITY — Editor Joe Siegel has joined the recently-rebranded content creation and creative studio LVLY (www.lvly.tv) in New York. He comes over from editorial shop Crew Cuts, where he launched his career in post production.

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March 5, 2019, 1:03 pm
LOS ANGELES — Visual effects industry veteran Eric Brevig has joined digital production company Method Studios (methodstudios.com) as senior VFX supervisor and creative director. A two-time VFX Oscar nominee and Academy Award-winner for groundbreaking achievements on Total Recall, Brevig has worked with top directors, including James Cameron, Michael Bay, Steven Spielberg and Barry Sonnenfeld. He will now work closely with fellow Method senior VFX supervisor and creative director Kevin B...

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March 1, 2019, 7:25 am
MONTRÉAL — Outpost VFX (outpost-vfx.com), based in Bournemouth, UK, has launched its first international studio in Montréal, Canada. The new Montréal studio will service clients in the film, high-end TV and creative sectors. It will also help the UK studio service clients across multiple time zones.